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Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government

Name: Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, gender-children-social-inclusion, proportion, elected, seats, held, women, deliberative, bodies

Compare proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government across 34 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

28.1%

Median: 27.4%

Countries Covered

34

with available data

Highest

Belarus

47.7%

Lowest

Botswana

8.9%

Top 5 Countries

1Belarus47.7%

2Costa Rica47.1%

3Dominica46.8%

4Cuba44.2%

5Cape Verde43.4%

By Region

Oceania40.0%(1 countries)

Europe33.1%(8 countries)

Other27.9%(19 countries)

South America23.0%(3 countries)

Asia20.6%(2 countries)

Key Findings

•34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Belarus has the highest published value (47.6701 %).
•Botswana has the lowest published value (8.867 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (8.9%)High (47.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 28.1%)

Oceania (1)

Europe (8)

Other (19)

South America (3)

Asia (2)

North America (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%).

Values use UN SDG series SG_GEN_LOCGELS, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global; Sex: Female. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SG_GEN_LOCGELS; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G", "Sex": "FEMALE"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 5.5.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Belarus	47.7%
2	Costa Rica	47.1%
3	Dominica	46.8%
4	Cuba	44.2%
5	Cape Verde	43.4%
6	Belgium	42.6%
7	Australia	40.0%
8	Switzerland	39.3%
9	Mozambique	35.0%
10	Poland	34.3%
11	Italy	33.4%
12	Hungary	32.4%
13	Belize	32.1%
14	Chile	31.2%
15	Germany	30.5%
16	Armenia	28.8%
17	Mongolia	27.6%
18	Malta	27.3%
19	Ireland	26.2%
20	Austria	26.1%
21	Dominican Republic	24.9%
22	Bangladesh	23.4%
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.8%
24	Cambodia	21.2%
25	Colombia	19.8%
26	Jamaica	19.7%
27	Brazil	18.2%
28	Japan	17.8%
29	Tuvalu	14.6%
30	Panama	13.1%
31	Togo	12.8%
32	Guatemala	11.5%
33	Türkiye	11.5%
34	Botswana	8.9%

Showing 34 of 34 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #gender-children-social-inclusion #proportion #elected #seats #held #women #deliberative #bodies

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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